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Martin Huseby Karlsen
EUR 95.12 For Business Accounts Only

Supportive sale of stranded drillship confirmed

Following recent reports, Samsung confirmed it has sold a stranded drillship to a European client for USD245m. We believe it is the ex-Ocean Rig Crete, one of the most capable drillships that has been ordered (referenced as an 8G drillship). Being Europe-based, we believe a potential buyer could be Stena Drilling (which has an ongoing arbitration appeal with Samsung). From a read-across to listed offshore drillers, we consider it positive from a valuation perspective but negative from a market balance perspective. We estimate a ready-to-drill cost of around USD300m, well above implied steel values for 7G drillships in post-Chapter 11 capital structures, like Valaris at USD88m, but below Transocean, which is trading at cUSD370m in steel value per 7G drillship.
Underlyings
Awilco Drilling

Awilco Drilling is engaged in the ownership of offshore drilling rigs for use in offshore drilling operations, and to provide drilling services for oil and gas companies using these rigs. As of Dec 31 2016, Co. owned and operated two semi-submersible drilling rigs, the WilPhoenix and WilHunter, which both rigs used in the drilling of oil and gas wells in the U.K. sector of the North Sea.

Borr Drilling

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.

Diamond Offshore Drilling provides contract drilling services to the energy industry around the globe. The company's fleet enables it to provide services in the floater market on a worldwide basis. The company's contracts to provide offshore drilling services vary in their terms and provisions. The principal markets for the company's offshore contract drilling services are: the Gulf of Mexico, including the U.S., and Mexico; South America, principally offshore Brazil, and Trinidad and Tobago; Australia and Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam; Europe, principally offshore the U.K., and Norway; East and West Africa; and the Mediterranean.

Drilling Company of 1972

Maersk Drilling A/S is a Denmark-based company, which provides integrated offshore drilling rig services to oil and gas companies around the world in support of their exploration and production of oil and gas. The Company's owns more than 20 rigs including environment jack-up rigs, as well as deepwater drillships and deepwater semi-submersible rigs. The Company operates in Africa and Middle East, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Norway and the North Sea.

Northern Drilling

Northern Drilling Ltd is a Bermuda-based drilling contractor, which owns a semi-submersible rig, HHI HE Semi 1, previously known as West Mira. HHI HE Semi 1 possesses water depth capacity of 10,000 foot and drilling depth equipped for 40,000 foot. The Company's shareholders comprise Hemen Holding Ltd, Morgan Stanley & Co. Int. Plc and State Street Bank and Trust Comp.

Odfjell Drilling

Odfjell Drilling Ltd. (Odfjell Drilling) is an integrated offshore drilling and oil service company. The Company operates through three segments: Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU), Drilling & Technology, and Well Services. The Mobile Offshore Drilling Units is responsible for operations of mobile drilling units fully or partly owned by the Company and units owned by other companies. It operates mobile drilling units in Norway, United Kingdom, Angola, Vietnam and Brazil. The Drilling & Technology segment is providing platform drilling, project management and engineering services. Drilling & Technology operates from offices in Bergen, Stavanger and Aberdeen. The Well Services segment is a provider of casing and tubing running services (TRS), drill tool rental and well intervention services to the onshore and offshore oil and gas industry. The Well Services are provided to onshore and offshore drilling operations in the North Sea, mainland Europe and Black Sea, among others.

Pacific Drilling S.A.

Pacific Drilling is an international offshore drilling company committed to providing drilling services to the oil and natural gas industry through the use of high-specification rigs. Co.'s primary business is to contract its high-specification rigs, related equipment and work crews, primarily on a dayrate basis, to drill wells for Co.'s customers. Co. operates five drillships under client contract and has three drillships available. All of Co.'s drillships are self-propelled and dynamically positioned and have large carrying capacity. Co.'s five existing drillships are committed to work in the deepwater regions of the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and Nigeria.

SeaDrill Ltd

Shelf Drilling Ltd.

Transocean Ltd.

VALARIS LTD

Provider
DnB Markets
DnB Markets

DNB Markets is the investment banking arm of DNB Bank ASA and is focused primarily on the Nordic region, as well as internationally on niches such as global shipping, energy and related services, and seafood. DNB Markets offers services in FICC, Equities and Investment Banking advisory from offices in Oslo, Stockholm, London, Singapore and New York. Equity research coverage is offered on c250 Nordic companies. DNB was ranked no.2 in Extel Nordic Research 2017. The DNB Markets’ Credit and FICC Macro & FX Research teams are repeatedly highly rated by Prospera Nordic Institutional Investor Surveys.

 

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